Object of the Study Approach of the Study Method of The Study

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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY

This chapter is divided into three sections. First is object of the Study which reveals the object of the study and the aim of the study. The second part is the discussion on the approaches used in analyzing the work. The third part is the method of the study which shows the way of conducting the study and how the study is organized.

A. Object of the Study

The literature being analyzed is Lian Hearn’s Across the Nightingale Floor. It has 12 chapters and 326 pages. It was published in 2002 and became the best seller novel in that year. Across The Nightingale Floor also won The Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, the prize for German Youth Literature, in 2004. The novel explores many things in Japan feudal era, such as politic, love, and revenge. Full of war, this novel provides a feeling of adventurous journey and some of the stories are related with the war itself. There are also some unique character abilities which are included by the writer as seen in Takeo ’s superhuman hearing ability. The story begins with the massacre in Takeo’s village. Then, he was fleeing and being saved by Shigeru, the Leader of Otori clan. He was adopted by him and taught by Muto Kenji, a high class ninja. This study analyzes Shigeru’s motivation in adopting Takeo as his son. 31

B. Approach of the Study

This study focuses on the motivation of Shigeru in adopting Takeo as his son. The approach that is used in this study is a psychological approach. Psychological approach is the most suitable approach for this study because psychological approach analyzes human’s motivation, personality, behavior, emotion, and thought that is related to the field of psychology. Therefore, I can get more understanding on Shigeru’s character and his motivation in adopting Takeo as his son through the psychological approach.

C. Method of The Study

The method that I used in this study is library study. I used two kinds of sources, which were primary source and secondary sources. Primary source was the novel itself, Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn written in 2002. The secondary sources were the books and online sources which supported my study in analyzing the problem. There were several books and online sources related to the theories of literature, theory of psychological approach, theory of motivation, theory of character and characterization, and reviews on Lian Hearn’s Across the Nightingale Floor. There were some steps in answering my problem formulations from the first until the end. The first step were reading, understanding, and comprehending the novel. This step was needed in order to make the writer more understand about the novel. Therefore it was easy for the writer to analyze the problem and to find the evidences to answer problems formulation. The second step was 32 determining the approach which is appropriate to the study. After some sorting and determining which approach that is appropriate to my study, the writer came up with psychological approach. This approach also used two theories. First is the theory of motivation and the second is theory of personality. After determining which approach and theories were appropriate to the study, the next step was analyzing the novel by using the theories and approach. The last step was to draw a conclusion of the analysis based on the problem formulations. 33

CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS